1.60 - A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
-b o o k from th e' mountains in a perpendicular dueóhon,
1— /■— 1 pointed o u t' our vicinity to ■ the land before we
December. .law it. ■;
7th. , As we fleered in thediredtiah of theiooafo the high
land of Formofa appeared at intervals* when t^è fqualls
cleared away; and at 40 h. 30 m. thefodthermpartbbre
S.H65* W., ■ foür or fix leagues to the^Nortk-it ponk;
tinned entirely obfcured. The gale. ftill continued,
with little variation, when being by .eftimation; at
8 h. 30m., in thé latitude of 23*.45" Ni^we.brousht
to the wind under, low fail for the. iiight. .At 12 h.
wore fliip; and at 18h. 30m. the extremes of Formofa
extended from N. N. W. to "Weft; an^ifiand* of. moderate
elevation S. 80° W., four leagues 5 .and the ifland-
of Botol Tobago- Zima S. 6° ~W., ten or twelve leagöesv
The gale had cenfiderably abated ;- and we made., fail
to pafs between Botol Tobago and the land of. For-;
mofa, which we could fcarcely difcem for the thick
, haze over the high land. At 2,1 h. the Low Ifland bore
N. 50° W., four leagues; extremes of Botol; Tobago
S. .23° W. to.S. 27° W. Thefo illands bore nearly.
N. by E. and S. by E. of each .other. At noon.the,
extremes of Botol Tobago South to S. 23°.E., eight or
ten miles; Low Ifland North, on with .-Formofa. ; ex-,
treme point of Formofa land, making low, S. X0° W.
Soon
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S.oon after w,eJ obferved the-i ifland'Of "Little TobagO
bearing from tbe.eaft pointiof the great ifland S..2 b°' E 4
which is nearly, the diretSfcioniof the-north'fide.
C H A P . Vfl.
December.
A t’lh . 15!. Little Tobago^ open with-fodth extreme
S^-A-l0 rE. .At 3 .h. "16' (the nofth# extreme p^GSreat
Botol Tobagq.boreEaft'to^the'qther extreme S. 8(5° Eh;
Formofa froin..'lS|erthi:tQiS. 60f. W. ;Afkf|’h. 3£$ the
c i^ fe ^ o f,Botol Tdbago Zima yH. 75° E l; aadtAhe
fcp^h extreme^ of rjFonndfaji^. ,,718?. two. or )thred
miles :, and-ah 5 h. 45' it;bO®eJ.\Nir^j^ 0 W-> lon>; with a
^ i||i^ p p ig t.^ ^ t. bh.f’it bore; Wt-MrfKt-ii
ojc three miles.} fl^ginopnTli^t jr -and as-we
had not feen the Vele Rete -Rocks beforepdathf-iw®
fhapedhur courfes (as per ,log)y to pafs between them
and Formofa, founding, as^py Jp^nmn;, unclgri^hr
double-reefed toplai^.j Ah7}feu30bwqhad'.35 fathoms,
gra.vd.ly bqttqm.;, thp, extremes-oqf Fprm.ofa.E.jN.E.;
t?i M1 fesi jfqjgr N
the land, from^ N. f. E. tq^E*. bye^Tfl^ and r.we (hauled;
up to the N. W., B%tn^ diliem
Jhp extremes mf Fojmo:(% ext^4e.4rfidr^l|4'l:10!iEi;to
N ^ 0 ° E . ; a very high ro\np4«: tfleqn&iiffiS- 1 O&sEfli
off fhore three or four leagues. The,»ynnd increafed
with heayy fqualls,and(}weliqqT|l to the 8dEw#$pc<8;ihg
to.fee the Yele. .ReterR o cks b u t at 2Q ll. thefgaiqh.ad
x - 1 '" reduced
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